I will carry on writing, to be sure. But I don't know if I would want to publish again after Harry Potter.
I'm opposed to fundamentalism in any form.
I always felt an outsider.
There are some things you can't share without ending up liking each other.
I was convinced that the only thing I wanted to do ever - was write novels.
There was a point where I really felt I had 'penniless divorcee lone parent' tattooed on my head.
We do stigmatise teens a lot and see them as scary and alien.
I imagined being a famous writer would be like being like Jane Austen.
I received free health care.
I think I've really exhausted the magical. It was a lot of fun, but I've put it behind me for the time being.
I've been asked this question so many times, do you feel you need to write a book for adults? No, I don't need to write a book for adults.
If you're holding out for universal popularity, I'm afraid you will be in this cabin for a very long time.
The best of us must sometimes eat our words.
The first story I finished was when I was six years old.
You lose your individuality a huge amount when you have no money, and I certainly had that experience.
But I was the most unashamed lone parent you were ever going to meet.
'Harry Potter' gave me back self respect. Harry gave me a job to do that I loved more than anything else.
I am not a particularly thick-skinned person.
I am the freest author in the world.
I did not set out to convert anyone to Christianity.
I don't need to publish to make a living.
I don't read 'chick lit,' fantasy or science fiction but I'll give any book a chance if it's lying there and I've got half an hour to kill.
I just hate meetings.
I knew no one who'd ever been in the public eye.
I would always want printed books.
